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ANTIQUE BOOK Shop
This New Category of
Antique
Books is created by popular demand. Our best and long-lasting customers
are investors/traders who read a lot, a lot of books on a lot of topics.
These selected items are mainly from family libraries, not in brand new
condition, but in Very Good Collectible Condition. One Copy Only on
First-Come-First-Sold basis.
Our prices are all inclusive. This page will be updated monthly.
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The French Revolution, A
History by Thomas Carlyle (This is the First Edition published in
1837, Temple Classics, in Three Volumes. Vol.1: The Bastille, Vol.2: The
Constitution, Vol.3: The Guillotine. Pocket-size leather-binding
Hardcover. Well kept in family library, though re-binding is
recommended. Covers and Contents all clean and tidy. Must be sold as One
Set. Currently on sale via Amazon.co.uk at 240 pounds sterling. Customers
are welcome to visit our office to view our books before purchasing. Our
prices include insured courier-delivery on items priced over US$250. |
US$295/HK$2300 |
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IN DARKEST AFRICA,
TWO VOL. SET, by Henry M. Stanley with maps. Leather Bound - with
faded gold imprint of author's name and shape of Africa on front cover.
Binding still tight, though re-binding is recommended. All inside pages
(547 pages in Vol.1, and 540 pages in Vol.2) are clean and tidy with no
markings. Only a family stamps was printed on the inside front cover.
First Print by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York in 1891. An out-of-print
collector's item. Must be sold as a 2-Vol. Set. |
US$275/HK$2145 |
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JANE EYRE
by Charlotte Bronte
(This is the 1942 Heritage Press cloth-binding hardcover of 431 pages all
clean and tidy, with Lithographs by Barnett Freedman in beautiful colours) |
US$65/HK$507 |
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R.v.R. - THE LIFE OF
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
(This is the 1939 edition by the Heritage Press, with 150 reproductions of
the drawings, etchings and paintings of Rembrandt selected and arranged by
J.B. Neumann. This beautiful and well preserved hardcover of 380 pages
comes with the slip-case. A real gem for artists and collectors. |
US$125/HK$975 |
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THE CONGRESS OF
VIENNA by Harold Nicolson
(This is the Cassell History
Edition, 1989. ISBN 0-304-31863-9. Printed and bound in Great Britain by
Biddles Ltd., Guifford. Softcover of 312 pages all clean and tidy.)
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US$22/HK$172 |
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EAST ASIA THE MODERN
TRANSFORMATION: A Scholarly, Concise, and Eminently Readable History of
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Southeast Asian Civilization since the
19th century
by John K. Fairbank, Edwin
O. Reischauer and Albert M. Craig (This is a heavy volume of 955 pages.
First printing (Modern Asia Edition), 1965. Printed in Japan. Dark
cloth-binding hardcover with golden inscriptions, and with dust-cover.)
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US$75/HK$585 |
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NICHOLAS AND
ALEXANDRA: An Intimate Account of the Last of the Romanovs and the Fall
of Imperial Russia by Robert K. Massie
(This is the 1967 hardcover
of 584 pages. Reprinted in Taiwan. Red cloth-binding with dust-cover.
Sandy edges due to age and paper quality.)
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US$25/HK$195 |
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ROYAL WEB: The Story
of Princess Victoria & Frederick of Prussia
by Ladislas Farago & Andrew
Sinclair
(This is the 1982 hardcover
of 350 pages with dust-cover. Published by McGraw-Hill. ISBN
0-07-019941-8.)
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US$39/HK$304 |
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD
GIBBON
as originally edited by Lord Sheffield
Oxford University Press, 1959. The World's Classics Series No.139.
Pocket-size Hardcover of 340 pages. A collector's item. |
US$39/HK$304 |
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THE VARIETIES OF HISTORY from Voltaire to the Present
Edited, Selected and Introduced by Fritz Stern. Meridian Softcoverof 428
pages |
US$15/HK$117 |
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THE NEW FACE OF
BUDDHA: Buddhism and Political Power in Southeast Asia
by Jerrold
Schecter
Published by John Weatherhill, Inc.,
Tokyo, 1967
Softcover of 300 pages
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US$25/HK$195 |
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AMERICAN FOLK ART
IN WOOD, METAL AND STONE
by Jean Lipman
With 183 illustrations and four color
plates
Published by Dover Publications, Inc.,
New York, 1972
Large Size (8.5” x 11”) Softcover of 193 pages in Large
Print |
US$32/HK$250 |
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THE PENGUIN ATLAS
OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY by
Colin McEvedy
Maps drawn by John Woodcock
Published by Penguin Books, 1961. Now
out-of-print.
Softcover (8.75” x 7”) of 96 pages with
maps in colour |
US$25/HK$195 |
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NARRATIVES OF EXPLORATION AND ADVENTURE
By John
Charles Fremont, Edited with an introduction by
Allan Nevins
Published by
Longmans, Green & Co., New York. First Edition
1956.
Hardcover of 532 pages,
all clean and tidy. Sandy DJ and edges due to age.
Dark-cloth binding still
holds tight. |
US$90/HK$702 |
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April 24th, 2008
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